Monasticism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...nas tisiz m, mo , form of religious life, usually conducted in...including Tibetan Buddhism ), Jainism , Islam , and Christianity...movement , however, reintroduced religious orders into the Church of...19th cent., the number of religious orders has been steadily increasing...